Conifer Homologues to Genes That Control Floral Development in Angiosperms

Overview

Journal Plant Mol Biol

Date 1995 Jan 1

PMID 7865797

Citations 55

Authors

K Tandre

V A Albert

A Sundas

P Engstrom

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

A set of MADS-box genes in flowering plants encode transcription factors that control both flower meristem formation and organ identity in the developing flower. In this report we present the first documentation of the presence of MADS-box genes in a non-flowering seed plant, and indeed from a plant bearing truly unisexual reproductive axes. A MADS-box-specific screening of a cDNA library from immature female strobili of the conifer Norway spruce, Picea abies (L.) Karst, resulted in cDNA clones that correspond to three different deficiens-agamous-like (dal) genes, dal1, dal2 and dal3. In addition to the MADS box, the spruce genes contain a second sequence element conserved among angiosperm genes, the K box, which is located downstream to the MADS box. A phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences confirms common ancestry of the gene superfamily. dal1 is related to agl2, agl4 and agl6 from Arabidopsis thaliana, all genes with unknown functions, and is expressed in vegetative as well as reproductive shoots on the adult spruce tree. dal2 is sister to angiosperm genes that control the identity of sexual organs, and is expressed only in the developing male and female strobili. dal3 is related to the vegetatively expressed tomato gene tm3 and is transcribed in both vegetative and reproductive shoots. These results strongly suggest that the functional and structural complexity within the MADS-box superfamily of reproduction-control genes is an ancestral property of seed plants and not a novelty in the angiosperm lineage.

Citing Articles

Reflections on the ABC model of flower development.

Bowman J, Moyroud E Plant Cell. 2024; 36(5):1334-1357.

PMID: 38345422 PMC: 11062442. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae044.

Comprehensive collection of genes and comparative analysis of full-length transcriptome sequences from Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) and Kuril larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica).

Mishima K, Hirakawa H, Iki T, Fukuda Y, Hirao T, Tamura A BMC Plant Biol. 2022; 22(1):470.

PMID: 36192701 PMC: 9531402. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03862-9.

Temporal Dynamic Transcriptome Landscape Reveals Regulatory Network During the Early Differentiation of Female Strobilus Buds in .

Bai P, Lin H, Sun Y, Wu J, Gu K, Zhao Y Front Plant Sci. 2022; 13:863330.

PMID: 35432408 PMC: 9008512. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.863330.

Transcriptional Regulation of Pine Male and Female Cone Initiation and Development: Key Players Identified Through Comparative Transcriptomics.

Fritsche S, Rippel Salgado L, Boron A, Hanning K, Donaldson L, Thorlby G Front Genet. 2022; 13:815093.

PMID: 35368695 PMC: 8971679. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.815093.

MADS-box transcription factors MADS11 and DAL1 interact to mediate the vegetative-to-reproductive transition in pine.

Ma J, Chen X, Song Y, Zhang G, Zhou X, Que S Plant Physiol. 2021; 187(1):247-262.

PMID: 34618133 PMC: 8418398. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab250.

References

Huijser P, Klein J, Lonnig W, Meijer H, Saedler H, Sommer H . Bracteomania, an inflorescence anomaly, is caused by the loss of function of the MADS-box gene squamosa in Antirrhinum majus. EMBO J. 1992; 11(4):1239-49. PMC: 556572. DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05168.x. View

Mandel M, Bowman J, Kempin S, Ma H, Meyerowitz E, Yanofsky M . Manipulation of flower structure in transgenic tobacco. Cell. 1992; 71(1):133-43. DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90272-e. View

Carpenter R, Coen E . Floral homeotic mutations produced by transposon-mutagenesis in Antirrhinum majus. Genes Dev. 1990; 4(9):1483-93. DOI: 10.1101/gad.4.9.1483. View

Lutcke H, Chow K, Mickel F, Moss K, Kern H, SCHEELE G . Selection of AUG initiation codons differs in plants and animals. EMBO J. 1987; 6(1):43-8. PMC: 553354. DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb04716.x. View

DeLong A, Dellaporta S . Sex determination gene TASSELSEED2 of maize encodes a short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase required for stage-specific floral organ abortion. Cell. 1993; 74(4):757-68. DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90522-r. View

Kush A, Brunelle A, Shevell D, Chua N . The cDNA sequence of two MADS box proteins in Petunia. Plant Physiol. 1993; 102(3):1051-2. PMC: 158884. DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.3.1051. View

Burglin T, Finney M, Coulson A, Ruvkun G . Caenorhabditis elegans has scores of homoeobox-containing genes. Nature. 1989; 341(6239):239-43. DOI: 10.1038/341239a0. View

Yanofsky M, Ma H, Bowman J, Drews G, Feldmann K, Meyerowitz E . The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors. Nature. 1990; 346(6279):35-9. DOI: 10.1038/346035a0. View

Primig M, Winkler H, Ammerer G . The DNA binding and oligomerization domain of MCM1 is sufficient for its interaction with other regulatory proteins. EMBO J. 1991; 10(13):4209-18. PMC: 453173. DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb04999.x. View

10.

Angenent G, Franken J, Busscher M, Weiss D, van Tunen A . Co-suppression of the petunia homeotic gene fbp2 affects the identity of the generative meristem. Plant J. 1994; 5(1):33-44. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1994.5010033.x. View

11.

Angenent G, Busscher M, Franken J, Mol J, van Tunen A . Differential expression of two MADS box genes in wild-type and mutant petunia flowers. Plant Cell. 1992; 4(8):983-93. PMC: 160190. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.4.8.983. View

12.

Bradley D, Carpenter R, Sommer H, Hartley N, Coen E . Complementary floral homeotic phenotypes result from opposite orientations of a transposon at the plena locus of Antirrhinum. Cell. 1993; 72(1):85-95. DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90052-r. View

13.

Schwarz-Sommer Z, Hue I, Huijser P, Flor P, Hansen R, Tetens F . Characterization of the Antirrhinum floral homeotic MADS-box gene deficiens: evidence for DNA binding and autoregulation of its persistent expression throughout flower development. EMBO J. 1992; 11(1):251-63. PMC: 556446. DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05048.x. View

14.

Norman C, Runswick M, Pollock R, Treisman R . Isolation and properties of cDNA clones encoding SRF, a transcription factor that binds to the c-fos serum response element. Cell. 1988; 55(6):989-1003. DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(88)90244-9. View

15.

Angenent G, Franken J, Busscher M, Colombo L, van Tunen A . Petal and stamen formation in petunia is regulated by the homeotic gene fbp1. Plant J. 1993; 4(1):101-12. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1993.04010101.x. View

16.

Passmore S, Maine G, Elble R, Christ C, Tye B . Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein involved in plasmid maintenance is necessary for mating of MAT alpha cells. J Mol Biol. 1988; 204(3):593-606. DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(88)90358-0. View

17.

Mandel M, Savidge B, Yanofsky M . Molecular characterization of the Arabidopsis floral homeotic gene APETALA1. Nature. 1992; 360(6401):273-7. DOI: 10.1038/360273a0. View

18.

Garcia-Maroto F, Salamini F, Rohde W . Molecular cloning and expression patterns of three alleles of the Deficiens-homologous gene St-Deficiens from Solanum tuberosum. Plant J. 1993; 4(5):771-80. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1993.04050771.x. View

19.

Tsuchimoto S, van der Krol A, Chua N . Ectopic expression of pMADS3 in transgenic petunia phenocopies the petunia blind mutant. Plant Cell. 1993; 5(8):843-53. PMC: 160320. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.5.8.843. View

20.

Pnueli L, Zamir D, Nacken W, Schwarz-Sommer Z, Lifschitz E . The MADS box gene family in tomato: temporal expression during floral development, conserved secondary structures and homology with homeotic genes from Antirrhinum and Arabidopsis. Plant J. 1991; 1(2):255-66. View